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Subdeacon Joe

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Google translate is your friend...until it isn’t. 

 

Years ago ago I worked for a German company. I used Google Translate to communicate a request from a company office in Germany. My request was for the engineering specs on the overhead area of a train cab. What they read was my request for a roof patio on the trains.

 

The silly thing is they took it seriously and sent it up the chain. The request was sent to US Corporate which in turn sent it down the chain and I got my butt chewed for not utilizing the translation department within the company...that charged us $250 per hour and had a 6 week turnaround. Sheesh...

 

English only for me after that...let them figure it out. 

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